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Written during a period after the centennial of Lincoln’s birth when the 16th President was being deified in public memory, Chapman’s biography filled a thirst among Americans for any remembrance or commentary at all from his living acquaintances.

Ervin Chapman (called the “Preacher Statesman”) collected and examined over 2,000 documents from which he gleaned hundreds of first hand accounts for his biography.

While Chapman falls far short of anything approximating unbiased reporting, his book is an important illustration of the American view of Lincoln as the country entered World War I.